All Furries Love Me!! - Chapter 30 PT1

Chapter 30 PT1 – The Director is Very Smart

Ji Xingchun didn’t leave much stuff in the rented house, so it didn’t take him too much time to pack.

The lease period agreed with the landlord still had more than half a month left, but Ji Xingchun had no plans to continue renting here.

It was Saturday, and Ji Xingchun didn’t have to go to the zoo to work, but he still took advantage of this free time to bring all his personal belongings to the zoo.

Ever since the existence of the demon race was exposed to Ji Xingchun, the animals in the zoo had become more free. Ji Xingchun is sure that those seemingly well-behaved cubs would often run out to visit each other.

Ji Xingchun got up early and took a taxi to the zoo entrance with his bags on his back, but he noticed that there was another person standing at the entrance.

The man had his back to him, so Ji Xingchun could only see that he was a man with short ochre-red hair and a hint of dark brown at the ends.

He is a little short and looks a little thin, so he should be a young man.

Because he had seen many demons with strange hair colors when they transformed into human form in the zoo, Ji Xingchun immediately thought of that aspect.

However, he knew in his heart that most demons had a bad impression of humans, and many demons in the zoo only accepted him after a period of contact. So even if the other party was really a demon, Ji Xingchun had no intention of rushing forward to confirm it.

More importantly, for someone like Ji Xingchun who suffers from social anxiety, it was impossible for him to take the initiative to socialize with others.

The demon race is also impossible.

With this thought in mind, Ji Xingchun ignored the man’s existence as if nothing had happened, and then walked around him as if he was guilty of a crime, intending to enter the zoo through the side door.

There was no need to ask, it was Ji Xingchun’s social anxiety.

But just as he took a step, the rustling sound of the soles of his shoes touching the ground made the man turn his head alertly. On his young and beautiful face, the almond-shaped eyes that should have made people feel gentle and lovely showed a vigilant look.

He looked like a teenager around eighteen or nineteen years old.

Ji Xingchun subconsciously avoided eye contact with the other party, but saw that the young man was suddenly stunned, and the aggressiveness he showed was instantly restrained, and then he walked towards him quickly.

The red-haired boy looked thin, but he moved very quickly and agilely. In the blink of an eye, he closed the distance of two or three meters.

Without giving Ji Xingchun time to run away, the other party grabbed Ji Xingchun’s hand, his face full of excitement and joy:

“Brother Ji! I didn’t expect to meet you here!”

Ji Xingchun paused and stopped himself from subconsciously pulling his hand away. He felt the red-haired boy’s excitement, then asked with uncertainty in a low voice: “…Are you the red falcon?”

Hong Xun blinked, feeling very happy that Ji Xingchun recognized him.

Although the previous Red Kestrel had already grown up, he did not have a good life with Lu Fangbin. He was in extremely poor condition and did not have enough strength to transform, so he remained in his original form.

Now that he had recovered, transforming into a human form was a piece of cake.

Although the Red Kestrel now looked no different from a human, it still retained many of its original habits and instincts due to the life it had lived for the past decade.

So when Hong Xun felt happy, the subconscious thought in his mind was:

I want to be close to Ji Xingchun.

Hong Xun blinked, and without thinking too much, he followed his instinct to lift the human youth’s hand and put it next to his cheek, then leaned over and rubbed it, saying:

“I miss you so much.”

Ji Xingchun: ………

Ji Xingchun was stunned.

Although he knew what Red Kestrel was thinking through mind reading, the other party acted so fast that he was unable to react and stop him in time…

Suddenly, a gaze came from behind, and Ji Xingchun’s eyelids jumped. He suddenly remembered that he was not alone there.

He turned his head stiffly and saw the taxi driver who drove him to the zoo looking at him with a seemingly calm but actually extremely excited expression.

「Wow, are these two guys a couple?! It’s so exciting in broad daylight!」

「Don’t mention it, both of these guys are pretty good looking. If I stay a little longer, will I see them kissing?!」

「Oh, I’ve been discovered. Let’s go. I’m going to gossip with Lao Wang and the others in the group when I get back…」

The taxi drove away and Ji Xingchun stood frozen in place.

Seeing that the young man didn’t move for a long time, Hong Xunwas puzzled for a moment, and then reacted: “…Ah.”

The boy, who was originally full of energy, suddenly became timid. He let go of Ji Xingchun’s hand, nervously grabbed the strap of his schoolbag and said:

“I’m sorry, did I embarrass you…?”

Hong Xun was annoyed: he always stayed in his original form in the past, so much so that he forgot that many rules of conduct were different in the human world.

His subconscious action just now might bring some rumors and criticism to Ji Xingchun.

If the kestrel was not in human form at this moment, then all the feathers on his body would probably droop down in frustration.

Seeing him like this, Ji Xingchun quickly comforted him, “It’s nothing, just a stranger.”

Anyway, it is highly likely that he won’t encounter it again in the future, as for social death or something like that… He’ll get used to it after a few times.

“Hmm…” Hong Xun responded in a low voice, but his expression and behavior still seemed much restrained.

Ji Xingchun sighed in his heart. Even if he no longer had to suffer from Lu Fangbin’s torture, his past life still left an invisible shackle on this Kestrel demon. ‘I’m afraid… Only time can gradually erase this.’

“You came back suddenly this time. Did you encounter any problems?” Not wanting the previous episode to bother Hong Xun again, Ji Xingchun changed the subject and asked.

Then, as expected, the other party perked up. The young man smiled and said, “It’s not that I have any problems. I just wanted to come here to work… or to help out. I heard that Director Bai Wei is always short of people, so I think I can do something.”

「It can also be regarded as… atonement for the mistakes I made when I was controlled by Lu Fangbin.」

Although he thought so, the Kestrel demon felt more determined than sad.

What has happened is destined to be unchangeable. All he could do was keep looking forward. If he kept immersing himself in the past, it would only make that scumbag Lu Fangbin happy.

Ji Xingchun paused, and the worries in his heart dissipated. He carried the luggage and walked side by side with Hong Xun into the zoo, and asked casually:

“You should have returned to your tribe earlier. Are you living well there? I thought you would stay there for a while.”

Red Kestrel: ………

Hearing this question, the boy’s expression suddenly became a little subtle and a little conflicted.

He quietly looked up at Ji Xingchun, then said carefully: “They were all very kind to me. I even met my biological parents. They told me the story of how I was stolen when I was still an egg.”

After returning, he confessed to the rest of his tribe what he had done when he was still under Lu Fangbin’s control. But just as Bai Wei said, those Kestrel demons didn’t mind at all that he was raised and controlled by humans in the past. Instead, they were extremely distressed and concerned about him.

Especially his parents, they had never given up looking for his whereabouts over the years. Now that their child had been found, they couldn’t wait to hold him in their mouths and look at him all the time.

but………

Perhaps it was because he was used to being beaten and scolded by Lu Fangbin in the past, so now he felt it was a bit unbearable to be asked about his well-being in such an intensive manner every day.

Finally, shortly after its body fully recovered, the kestrel could no longer resist and quietly left and came to the zoo.

Anyway, with the kestrel’s flying ability, he could travel back and forth between the zoo and the clan territory in his original form in half a day at most, which was very convenient.

By this time, his parents should have seen the message he left. When he thought that they might worry about him, Hong Xun couldn’t stop feeling guilty.

He felt sorry about it, but he really couldn’t stand it anymore and had to come out to catch his breath.

Ji Xingchun learned from Hong Xun’s inner voice that when he returned home, he was not only surrounded by the whole clan, but also fed meat by his parents like a baby bird during his recuperation, and they even wanted to help him deal with excretion problems. He encountered a series of things: ………

It seems that it is understandable why Hong Xun wanted to be alone and quiet.

Silently sympathizing with Hong Xun in his heart, Ji Xingchun saw that he had already reached the door of the director’s office. He knocked on the door and heard Bai Wei’s voice:

“It’s Xiao Ji and Xiao Hong, come in.”

When he opened the door, Ji Xingchun saw that the director was… taking a bath.

Of course, he was washing himself in his original form, otherwise Ji Xingchun would have thrown the door shut the moment he opened it.

He saw a large plate on the desk, with a dish of clear water in it, and a chubby bird was fluttering its wings in it.

Ji Xingchun saw the titmouse first squat down on the plate, then shake and rub its feathers and wings on both sides. Suddenly, the water droplets in the plate splashed everywhere with its movement, wetting the table next to it.

After washing the lower part of the body, the director stretched and bent his legs, then changed to a supine position so that the feathers on his back could touch the water surface.

Ji Xingchun: ………Cute!!!

He couldn’t help but take out his cell phone to capture the whole scene.

Bai Wei saw Ji Xingchun’s actions, but he did not try to stop him. He just repeated the above actions.

By the time the titmouse finished washing, there was only a shallow layer of water left in the plate, and the rest had all spilled onto the table and the floor.

After taking a bath, the feathers suddenly collapsed, not as fluffy and full as before. The whole tit seemed to have shrunk by half in size and appeared even smaller.

Ji Xingchun thought to himself: ‘Well, it seems that he was just fluffy before.’

After taking a bath, Bai Wei did not rush to transform back to his original form, but stood beside the plate and spoke:

“Xiao Hong came quite early.”

The red kestrel glanced at the wet and defenseless titmouse, his Adam’s apple rolled, and then he quietly turned his eyes away: “Well, we set off in the early morning.”

「…Suddenly I feel a little greedy.」

Ji Xingchun took his phone back when the director finished washing. He was startled when he heard Hong Xun’s inner thoughts, but then he realized…

The kestrel is a small bird of prey that likes to eat raw meat and preys on various small vertebrates such as frogs, mice, snakes, etc.

Of course, the small vertebrates also included passerine birds.

A small titmouse like the director’s would be eaten by a kestrel in nature in two bites. The bird should even find it very crunchy.

Ji Xingchun: … … This is unacceptable!!

After coughing, Ji Xingchun quietly stepped forward and stood between Hong Xun and the director.

As a result, Bai Wei did not realize Ji Xingchun’s painstaking efforts at all. He saw that the bird, which seemed to be unaware, suddenly shook off the water droplets on its body, and then flapped its wings which became heavy due to the water. After a short gliding distance, it landed on the boy’s shoulder.

The Kestrel demon was slightly stunned, and then he saw Titmouse rubbing against the fabric on his shoulder and using his clothes to wipe the water off.

Red Kestrel: ………

Bai Wei said: “Speaking of which, Xiao Hong, you should have given yourself a name by now, right? Have you registered yet?”

Hearing this, Ji Xingchun suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to ask Hong Xun’s name until now.

Well… it’s really not a solution to keep talking about Kestrel all the time.

Hearing this question, the boy hesitated for a moment, then said, “Regarding the name, I have an idea in my mind.”

Ji Xingchun, who was still worried that the director would be eaten, turned around and when he heard what Hong Xun was thinking, he couldn’t help but smile encouragingly.

Looking at Ji Xingchun’s expression, the last bit of worry in Kestrel’s heart disappeared: “I want to name myself Ji Hong, Ji from Ji Xingchun and Hong from Hong Xun, is that okay?”

He would have spent his entire life in Lu Fangbin’s hands without knowing it, but when he saw Ji Xingchun taking care of the cubs, Hong Xun’s confused mind realized one thing.

It was not natural for Lu Fangbin to treat him like that; it was wrong.

If Hong Xun had not had the thought of escaping and the will to resist, then in the end he would not have been able to destroy the contract in Lu Fangbin’s hand and gain his freedom.

So…his encounter with Ji Xingchun was a turning point in his life as a demon, and he wanted to engrave this point in his name.

Ji Xingchun concealed his expression. After hearing Hong Xun’s thoughts, he was not only moved but also a little shy.

In fact, he felt that he had not done anything. The demon tribe in the zoo also made a great effort in rescuing the red kestrel. He just didn’t expect that the accidental meeting would have such a great impact on the other party.

After hearing Hong Xun’s emotional words, Bai Wei opened his mouth slightly and uttered:

“I don’t think so.”

Hong Xun: “…Ah.”

Ji Xingchun: “Director?”

The touching atmosphere that was faintly echoing at the scene suddenly disappeared. Bai Wei jumped off the boy’s shoulder, then transformed into a human form, put his hands on his waist and frowned, saying:

“Xiao Hong, I don’t mean to oppose you, but you can’t be too casual about naming a demon!”

Bai Wei’s tone was very serious. Only Ji Xingchun heard him say in his heart:

「No, no, if I really let Xiao Hong name himself Ji Hong, there will be too many employees in our zoo with names containing colors!」

「Now they are all yellow, black, and white, but there are still two white ones…」

「If I hadn’t stopped him, Yun Che would have named himself QingX or XLu or something like that!」

Ji Xingchun: …No wonder he always felt that his colleague Yun Che’s naming style was different from that of other demons in the zoo.

Bai Wei walked around the table twice, thought hard for a while and said, “Why don’t you just call yourself Ji Hong! Ji for Xiao Ji, Hong for Rainbow!”

“Isn’t there a saying that goes ‘there can be no rainbow without wind and rain’? Your current demon life has already seen wind and rain, and what awaits you next are rainbows!”

Hearing what he said, the boy immediately showed a look of longing, and said happily: “Thank you, Director! This name sounds great!”

Bai Wei also looked pleased:

「Xiao Hong is really easy to coax.」

Ji Xingchun tried to hold back and swallowed the words, “There’s absolutely no difference in pronunciation between these two names!”

‘Anyway, Hong Xun, no, Ji Hong likes it very much… Forget it.’